Abbott targets Hanson, but welcomes China

Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has urged the United States to have more confidence in itself and not "begrudge" the rise of China...

"Obviously, China's increasing economic strength is being matched by increased military capability," he said.

"Still, the richer and more sophisticated a people become, and the more access they have to information, the less likely they are to be impressed by militarism.

"Stronger countries have more and more capacity to make trouble but they also have less and less incentive to do so.

"A China that was freer as well as richer would be the best guarantee of peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.

"The right response to the rise of China is not to begrudge its growing economic strength but to welcome it and even to foster it."

Ahem, with "more access to information" the Chinese can plainly see that Western democracies are dying due to suicidal adherence to diversity, globalisation and debt. They surely will become more "sophisticated" with wealth, but free like us? No chance. They laugh at democracy. As Donald Trump says:

Look, I know lots of folks in China. They think we are the dumbest son-of-a-bitches in the world, alright. They think our representatives don’t know what they’re doing. They laugh at us behind our back...

Just to prove how stupid Abbott is, reconcile his "fostering" attitude to Chinese ultra-nationalists with his role in imprisoning Australian anti-immigration nationalist Pauline Hanson...